Coal-hod



(No Model.)

T. S. LOVELY.

. GOAL HOD; No. 425,440. I Patented Apr. 15, 1890,.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,410, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed August 12, 1889. Serial No. 320,446. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, THEODORE S. LOVELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county of Merrimac and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal-Hods, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a coal-hod that when ashes are deposited therein any cinders they may contain may be separated therefrom and remain in said hod in a clean and combustible condition without the necessity of dumping said ashes into a separate device for sifting and then returning them again to the hod for use.

The invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this specification, of which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a coal-hod having my improvements attached, Fig. 2 being a central sectional view of the lower port-ion of my improved coal-hod. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the lower portion of the hod, taken at x m, Fig. 2, showing the collapsible bottom as when closed. Fig. 4. is a like View showing said bottom as when fallen to drop the ashes, and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan taken just above the grate.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the various views.

The coal-hodA is provided with an ordinary bail a to be used as a handle in carrying it, and the top is provided with a cover formed of two parts 13 B, divided in a direction crosswise of the hod, the part B being rigidly secured to the rear portion of the hod, and the part B being hinged at I) to its forward edge, so as to be thrown back, as seen in full lines, Fig. 1. The hod is left open at the bottom and is set into and secured to a base 0.

An oscillating grate D is mounted by means of a central pivot (Z to a supporting-bar E, secured at its ends to either sideof the hod, and is provided with an arm (2, which passes through an opening in the hod, and by which the grate may be shaken. A collapsible bottom is provided below said grate, consisting of the two sections F F, supported by studs fimounted in openings formed for the purpose in the sides of said hod, and these are held up horizontally by means of a rod G, which passes through a slot in the sideof the hod, and being perforated at the proper point is mounted loosely upon the lower part of the pivot E, as seen best in Fig. 2. When said rod G is swung around to a position parallel with the said sections F F, it no longer supports them, and they drop at once to the position seen by dotted lines, Fig. 2, and by swinging said rod back again the said sections are again raised, so as to form a bottom for the hod. An interior flanged ring a may be so placed in said hod as to conduct its contents upon the grate D.

My improvements are applicable to any ordinary coal-hod by simply taking away the bottom; but for the sake of appearance it is preferable to apply my improvements to hods manufactured especially for the purpose.

Having described my improvements, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The cornbination,with a coalhod, of an oscillating grate and suitable means for shaking the same, acollapsible bottom, and means for holding the sameclosed, and an extensionbase, all substantially for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a coal-hod, of an oscillating grate and suitable means for shake ing the same, the collapsible bottom and m cans for holding the same closed, an extension-base, and a cover for said hod formed in two parts, hinged together, all substantially for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE S. LOVELY.

Witnesses:

J. 13. THURSTON, NATHANIEL E. MARTIN. 

